Traditional Chinese festivals display the profound Chinese culture and folklore. People will dress up on the day to celebrate the festival. On the day, colors are dynamic and gorgeous.

Lace is the most classic feminine element. In A/W 21/22, lace displays the new female power in terms of colors and crafts. Sedate and secret is the spirit of lace in A/W 21/22, and becomes an important trend. Moreover, water-soluble paper-cut lace, skin-friendly lace and embroidery lace are more important and noteworthy.

This report shows how Chinese elements are used in patterns and how they characterize ready-to-wear.

Nowadays, cultural competition is increasingly fierce, and traditional culture draws much attention. Intangible culture is a key focus. Song Brocade, Nanjing Brocade and Shu Tapestry are known as the three famous brocades in China. Song Brocade is listed in the World Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2009. Song Brocade has a soft touch, a compact quality, exquisite patterns, high practicality, durability and washable ability. It is widely applied to clothing, bags and suitcases, home textiles and other industries. Designers integrate western artistic and chic designs into magnificent oriental beauty hidden in Song Brocade to meet current demands and bring Song Brocade closer to our daily life.

Driven by the pandemic, eco-friendly and sustainable fabrics are necessary. Cotton and linen fabrics draw much attention, and show creativity through trimmed fringes and retracting. Seersucker and crinkled textures inject novelty into classic shirting. Lace cutout, fleece, metal luster and silk satin cater to the revival of romanticism and handicrafts. Technical fabrics are combined with environmental protection, which gains more attention.

As China's status in the world continues to rise, it is now enjoying a global reputation. Chinese cultural elements have become the favored elements in the fashion industry. More and more designers apply Chinese style elements to clothing, and Chinese silk is the favorite in the fashion week. This theme will analyze the contrast between oriental traditional elements with fashion trends, and explore the unique culture and regional style in China, so that Chinese traditional fabrics can blend with modern, technical and futuristic elements, and fashion trends can create new visual aesthetics.

As designers continue to optimize party items, the new trend of gowns continues, and the luxurious and nostalgic ball gown stands out. Gowns in the new season use bold and bright colors, and become retro yet luxurious, playful and pleasing. Many pearls and dramatic accessories are used. Sheeny taffeta is the mainstream, making the clothing more gorgeous.

China has a long history and culture, among which Chinese traditional auspicious patterns are a gorgeous part. These unique and meaningful patterns can be applied to clothing, enhancing the artistic and Chinese style vibe. Compared with specific patterns such as flower or bird, traditional patterns can better represent the essence of Chinese culture and art. In these various and plain patterns, we can see the outstanding skills of each dynasty and the cultural traditions passed down from the ancient times.

Star map accurately depicts persistent features in the night sky. The Dunhuang star map is the oldest surviving map in the world, and now it's in the British Museum. The western star map originates from the ancient Greece-roman period, develops in the 16th century after the Renaissance, and reaches its peak in the second half of the 16th century to the 18th century. Star map not only records the stars, constellations, nebulae and so on, but also draws many patterns related to myths and legends. It has the serious aesthetics and a mystical feeling, quite in line with haute couture.

Since Chen Caixia founded Shiatzy Chen in 1971, she has always insisted on the Chinese style, even in the era when the public pursued European and American trends. In A/W 2021 show, Shiatzy Chen deconstructs and reorganizes the traditional Chinese elements and western traditional objects, displaying the traditional culture in a young way.

With the impact of the timeliness of life, modern gowns get rid of the traditional rigorous and voluminous design, and become more fashionable and personalized. Due to the restriction on silhouettes, decorations are quite significant. In A/W 20/21, sequins return back as the key decoration to brighten the whole winter.

As an ancient Chinese handicraft, embroidery has a history of thousands of years. Embroidery is closely related to the development of costume. As leisure and simple aesthetics become the mainstream gradually, traditional embroidery also changes along with the fashion trend and develops toward the direction of diversification and individuation. In addition to stitch, pattern design is also important. Simple pattern and elegant color become the non-negligible points in the new season.

Flowers are the reproductive organs of angiosperms. The beautiful and colourful appearance and the recurring growth resemble the endless fertility and power of females.

In the world of color, red is the oldest color of great research value. In the world of fashion, red has always been the dominant color. In S/S 2021, different from warm red in previous seasons, red turns towards finer cold purplish tones, endowing consumers with passionate and confident temperament.

Frozen 2 has swept the kidswear market. This report refers to kidswear pattern trend to analyze and recommend crafts for this kind of pattern, interprets the application of snow and ice material to kidswear, and combines novel ice and snow elements with in-depth market research to provide more advice for designers.

The background music of Elie Saab hints that the inspiration for this season comes from China and Asian, which is verified by the first look. The robe with harmonious structure and exquisite handicraft is moving forward slowly, reminding people of the noble queen showing her beauty and influence. The black grounding makes the golden dragon and phoenix very powerful. In this season, dresses of Elie Saab mainly use golden panels to enhance the effect.

The trend of misty florals is getting increasingly obvious in S/S 2021, and techniques are richer. The hazy floral displays the illusive and swaying features. The ethereal and romantic feel makes clothing dreamlike. When combined with sheer fabric, the graceful feel is fully displayed.

Chinese Style Floral Embroidery

Beading plays a more important role in fashion. In formal dresses, beads are attractive and shiny as well as more diverse.

With the increasing popularity of vintage style, the Chinese style gains momentum. The qipao makes a strong comeback. Interesting patterns create different styles on the qipao. This report shows you a variety of oriental patterns.

The oriental beauty is timeless. In 1997, Dior's reinvented Chi-Pao was most attractive. Chinese style gains momentum. Florals in the Chinese ink paintings are refreshing and delicate.